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Rove, Cheney Just Making History Up

Bushies' conjurings 'know few bounds'

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 14, 2010 10:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – The simultaneous arrival of Karl Rove's memoir and Liz Cheney's "right-wing noise machine" means the "revisionist floodgates have opened," writes Frank Rich for the New York Times, a "rewriting of history that knows few bounds." And while Rove's book better passes for fiction and Cheney's "al-Qaeda Seven" attack is a McCarthy-esque smear at best, the Bushies' "non-reality-based schtick" is "relentless and shameless."

"When even the relentless pursuer of Monicagate is moved to call a right-wing jihad 'out of bounds,' as (Kenneth) Starr did" of "al-Qaeda Seven," Rich writes, "that’s a fairly good indicator that it’s way off in crazyland." 'History will be repeated not only if we forget it," he concludes, "but also if we let it be rewritten by those whose ideological zealotry and boneheaded decisions have made America less safe to this day."

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Karl Rove, former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, speaks during a panel discussion at the 2008 Mortgage Bankers Association Conference and Expo on Oct. 21, 2008 in San Francisco, Calif. (Getty Images)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation's annual Journalism Awards on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Liz Cheney, board member, Keep America Safe, walks offstage with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, after they addressed CPAC in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Liz Cheney, board member, Keep America Safe, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to former President Bush arrives at the Law offices of Patton & Boggs on May 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

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cornelison

Mar 15, 2010 11:10 PM CDT

Rove lies, Liz lies what's new? If there were Ten Commandments for the GOP, lying would be #1.

Cat-Lover

Mar 15, 2010 3:51 PM CDT

These neo-Nazis are evil people and deserve to rot in Hell; hopefully soon so that no more lies are credited to the horrible bUSH years and truth will prevail in the long run.

armywife

Mar 15, 2010 1:35 AM CDT

well, i'm not surprised they want to rewrite history, these are the same sort of people that think the bible needs to be rewritten to take out all that socialst/liberal "love thy neighbor, do unto others, give succor to the poor" stuff. plus, i'd want to rewrite my history too if i had f@cked up as bad as these guys have. i really cant blame them. but i will be sure explain to my kid and grandkids what *really* happened.
but all of this makes me remember that history is really in the eye of the beholder - we see what we want to see and interpret what we want to believe. there is sadly no such thing as objective history, it's always told from someone's point of view.

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